US History chapter 11 civil war vocab – Flashcards
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Fort Sumter
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1st battle of civil war where no blood is shed
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Anaconda Plan
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a three part strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederacy in the civil war
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Bull Run
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25 miles from union capital. 1st blood battle
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Stonewall Jackson
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Confederate General. got nick name stonewall because he "stood like a stonewall"
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George McClellan
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Union General for the Army at Potomac
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Unconditional Surrender. General for union army
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Shiloh
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Battle in Tenessee no one won. but taught both sides great lessons
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David G. Farragut
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sixty year old commander for union. Captured New Orleans
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Monitor
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Ironclad ship used by the north
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Merrimack
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ironclad ship used by the south
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Robert E. Lee
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Confederate general after Johnson passed it down due to injuries.
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Antietam
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proved to be the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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January 1st 1863. freed slaves from south but not from north
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habeas corpus
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a court order requiring authorities to bring a prisoner before the court so the court can decide weather or not it is legal to hold them
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Copperheads
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a group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
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conscription
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a draft that would force certain members of the population to serve in the army
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Fort pillow
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fort where black Union soldiers were massacred after surrendering
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income tax
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a tax on earnings
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Clara Barton
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Nurse founded American Red Cross
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Andersonville
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worst confederate prison
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Gettysburg
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The most violent battle of the American Civil War and is frequently cited as the war's turning point, fought from July 1 - July 3, 1863. Union won
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Chancellorsville
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South defeated north. forced union army to retreat. Union general Jackson was captured and died in captivity
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Vicksburg
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The union forces wanted to capture Vicksburg in order to control to Mississippi River. (Union) Gen. Grant surrounded Vicksburg and bombed it for a month. The people and Confederate soldiers starved until they surrendered.
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Gettysburg Address
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a 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
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Appomattox Court house
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famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant
